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Friday Q&A with the MinuteEarth Team

Join us here at 5pm ET/2pm PT on Friday as we talk about making MinuteEarth videos, give sneak peeks of some upcoming videos, and answer your burning questions LIVE. 

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Join Us On Friday Afternoon!

On Friday afternoon at 5pm ET (2pm PT) members of the MinuteEarth team are going to be answering your questions live using Patreon's new livestreaming tech. This is an event for patrons only, so if yo...

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NEW VID: Why It Sucks to Be a Male Hyena

Hi Patrons – 

We've got a fun one for you today, featuring the beloved species of our very own hyena expert, Kate Yoshida. It turns out that, thanks to spotted hyenas’ unusual social struct...

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NEW VID: Invasion of the Earthworms!

Hi Patrons! 

Earthworms are supposed to be nature's gardeners, but not all plants benefit from having them around. In this weeks video, we burrow into the surprising impact worms are having on ...

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NEW VID (NEW LINK): Why So Many Meteorites Come From The Same Place

Helllllo Patrons – We forgot to add a footnote to this video, and decided it was probably worth a re-upload before making the thing public. The new link is here: 

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NEW VID: Why So Many Meteorites Come From The Same Place

Hey Patrons! 

Our latest video is about how, because of some very cool space physics, a single, faraway asteroid is likely the progenitor of almost a THIRD of all the meteorites on Earth.

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SNEAK PEEK OF NEW VID: What Nuclear Bombs Taught Us About Whales

Hi Patrons! Did you know that there's a global network of sensors designed to listen for nuclear bomb tests? Well, it turns out that scientists can learn a ton about our planet from tuning in to the s...

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SNEAK PEEK OF NEW VID: Why Does Wine Make Your Mouth Feel Dry?

Dear patrons,

Thank you, as always, for your support!

Here is our latest video: 

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SNEAK PEEK of NEW VIDEO: This Is Not A Bee

Dear patrons,

A bee or not a bee? That is the question we tackle in today's video, since it can be hard to distinguish bees from all the other insects out there that look like bees.

2017-05-31 13:50:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Cats Wallpaper

Hey there, here is a wallpaper only for our lovely patrons! It's the same design we used for one of our newest T-shirts at 2017-05-26 23:01:55 +0000 UTC View Post

NEW VIDEO (Patrons only) + Reddit + Poster + Tshirts

Whew! We've got a lot going on.

We hope you like this new video about how our diets are more global than we realize because our common food crops and animals were domesticated far away in diverse lo...

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4k Wallpapers

 Dear patrons, find attached two 4K wallpapers for desktop (and mobile). Hope you like. Have a great weekend! :)

- Ever

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SNEAK PEEK: Welcome to MinuteEarth (!?)

Dear patrons,

We made a trailer to give new viewers a sense of what MinuteEarth is about. 

It won't be new to you, since some of you have watched MinuteEarth since we first said Hello Wor...

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Be whoever [or whatever] you want to be!

Want to be a Hyena? an Astronaut? or would you prefer to be Rosalind Franklin? Well, now you can!... or at least in your profile pic. 

I compiled 50 characters (and things) that have appeared i...

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NEW VIDEO (Patrons only) + New way of posting

Dear patrons,

Here's a sneak peek of a video we'll make public tomorrow: Why Most Rain Never Reac...

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NEW VIDEO: Why Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired?

Sled dogs are the best endurance athletes in the world thanks to a weird quirk in their metabolism.

Many thanks for your support! You make it possible for us to make videos like this.

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SNEAK PEEK of Why Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired?

Dear patrons,

Thank you for helping us choose a title! We were really unsure about this one.

Take a look: https://youtu.be/HDG4...

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Please help us choose a title ASAP!

Hey!

Tomorrow morning (in 16 hr) we're posting a video about how sled dogs are the best endurance athletes in the world thanks to a weird quirk in their metabolism...

And we need your help! Wh...

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New Video Tomorrow Morning!

Hey patrons,

We'll post another video tomorrow morning around 10:30-11am Central US time. (It's another one about our furry friends!)

As usual, we'll share it here before hand so you can take ...

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Backstory to "Why Some Molecules Have Evil Twins"

Hi everyone! 

Last week Ever and I had the pleasure of making a fun video for you about special molecules called enantiomers. Normally, the video-making process at MinuteEarth involves lots of ...

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NEW VIDEO! Why Don’t Sheep Shrink In The Rain?

Dear patrons,

Thanks for your support! We hope you enjoy the answer to this question.

Let us know if there are other questions about Earth that you're curious about and would like us to look i...

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SNEAK PEEK: Why Don’t Sheep Shrink In The Rain?

Dear patrons,

Take a look at our latest video! We'll make it public in a little while but want you to have the first view. Let us know what you think!

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New video tomorrow morning!

Hi Patrons,

We're posting a new video tomorrow morning, likely around 10:30-11 am Eastern US time, and we'll share it here early for you to see first.

Thanks for your support!!

Alex

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NEW VIDEO: Why Some Molecules Have Evil Twins

Dear Patrons,

We let David and Ever experiment by making a video (almost) all on their own, and... they turned to drugs. Or rather, stereochemistry - how a tiny change in a molecule’s geometry com...

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SNEAK PEEK: Why Some Molecules Have Evil Twins

Dear patrons, 

Here's our latest video! It's about really cool chemistry.

We'll make it public soon, but want to give you the first look!

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Experimental new video tomorrow!

Dear patrons,

Tomorrow around 10:30 am Central US time, we're planning to post a video that may or may not look different than our normal videos, but which we made in a very different way. We'll als...

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NEW VIDEO: How Cats Became our Feline Overlords (ft. It's Okay To Be Smart)

Dear Patrons,

Here is a cat video.

Joe Hanson made us do it. 

Actually, we had a great time working with the team at It's OK To Be Smart on   this collaboration! Do you wa...

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SNEAK PEEK of collab with It's OK To Be Smart

Dear Patrons,

Tomorrow at 10am EST we'll publish a... cat video... that we made in collaboration with our friends at It's OK To Be Smart. Take a look!

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NEW VIDEO: What Makes A Dinosaur?

Thanks to a revolution in our understanding of the tree of life, birds are dinosaurs, while dimetrodons are not.

And thanks to YOU for making videos like this possible!

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SNEAK PEEK of DINOSAUR video

Dear Patrons,

Here's an early look at "What Makes A Dinosaur?"

https://www.youtube.com/watc...

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